Comments on: note to cypriot: it’s not supposed to taste like coffee http://www.chemicallyimbalanced.org/2006/09/12/note_to_cypriot_it_s_not_ligsupposedl_ig/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:52:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bz http://www.chemicallyimbalanced.org/2006/09/12/note_to_cypriot_it_s_not_ligsupposedl_ig/comment-page-1/#comment-280 bz Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:24:46 +0000 #comment-280 shaysh, james. why am i not surprised that you read the book? me, i'm just now printing out burr's new yorker tome. link:<br /> http://www.chandlerburr.com/articles/chandlerdetail.htm<br /> <br /> burr's critical stuff in the nyt seems really engaging, actually. within the journalism world, where i'm employed, there's also been a lot of talk about whether mr. burr will have the ability to affect perfurme sales to the tune of millions of dollars (which perfume executives fear, of course).<br /> <br /> regardless, i say it's about time we start appropriating his vocab. no longer do i believe the mesmerelda was merely crazy-floral with some chocolate lily. i would self-revise to say that it was "like a wild ferret's pelt dragged through an orchard just after dusk and encrusted with orchid stamen." shaysh, james. why am i not surprised that you read the book? me, i’m just now printing out burr’s new yorker tome. link:
http://www.chandlerburr.com/articles/chandlerdetail.htm

burr’s critical stuff in the nyt seems really engaging, actually. within the journalism world, where i’m employed, there’s also been a lot of talk about whether mr. burr will have the ability to affect perfurme sales to the tune of millions of dollars (which perfume executives fear, of course).

regardless, i say it’s about time we start appropriating his vocab. no longer do i believe the mesmerelda was merely crazy-floral with some chocolate lily. i would self-revise to say that it was “like a wild ferret’s pelt dragged through an orchard just after dusk and encrusted with orchid stamen.”

]]> By: Hoffmann http://www.chemicallyimbalanced.org/2006/09/12/note_to_cypriot_it_s_not_ligsupposedl_ig/comment-page-1/#comment-279 Hoffmann Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:18:25 +0000 #comment-279 I really enjoyed Chandler's book - "The Emperor of Scent" about Luca Turin and his theory of scent. It was an excellent introduction to perfume, smell science and was presented in such a way that most of the science was very approachable. Of course, it was a little one sided on the different theories.<br /> <br /> I wonder whether Mr. Burr will be able to emulate the success, as well as the skill, of his subject when it comes to perfume reviews. Luca Turin's blog is sadly no more but there is a pdf available of the whole thing here:<br /> http://www.flexitral.com/research/Blogtextweb.pdf<br /> <br /> Turin has also published a book himself, and the first couple of chapters are excellent but then my interest was lost a little.<br /> I really enjoyed Chandler’s book – “The Emperor of Scent” about Luca Turin and his theory of scent. It was an excellent introduction to perfume, smell science and was presented in such a way that most of the science was very approachable. Of course, it was a little one sided on the different theories.

I wonder whether Mr. Burr will be able to emulate the success, as well as the skill, of his subject when it comes to perfume reviews. Luca Turin’s blog is sadly no more but there is a pdf available of the whole thing here:
http://www.flexitral.com/research/Blogtextweb.pdf

Turin has also published a book himself, and the first couple of chapters are excellent but then my interest was lost a little.

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